Among the big-name films contending for major hardware this awards season (A Star Is Born! Black Panther!), there's a much smaller movie making serious waves. We're talking about Roma, the Netflix-produced Spanish-language drama directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
The film, set in the early 1970s in Mexico City, revolves around the interconnected lives of two women: Cleo, a maid, and Sofia, her employer who lives in the house with her family. Both women have strained relationships with their significant others. Sofia's husband, Antonio, is often absent, and Cleo's boyfriend, Fermin, ditches her in a precarious situation early on. The two women gradually grow together - although their employer-employee relationship keeps them at a distance at first - and learn to support each other without the assistance of the mostly useless men in their lives.
For English-speaking audiences, director Cuarón is probably the only recognizable name in the cast. Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo,...
The film, set in the early 1970s in Mexico City, revolves around the interconnected lives of two women: Cleo, a maid, and Sofia, her employer who lives in the house with her family. Both women have strained relationships with their significant others. Sofia's husband, Antonio, is often absent, and Cleo's boyfriend, Fermin, ditches her in a precarious situation early on. The two women gradually grow together - although their employer-employee relationship keeps them at a distance at first - and learn to support each other without the assistance of the mostly useless men in their lives.
For English-speaking audiences, director Cuarón is probably the only recognizable name in the cast. Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo,...
- 12/22/2018
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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